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Tue, 03 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0700enhourly1Renter’s Hell - Portlanders pay a steep price in the nation’s toughest rental market.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18305-renters_hell_portlanders_pay_a_steep_price_in_the_nations_toughest_rental_market.html
The first place Lindsay Bozanich finally found to rent this year came with fingernail clippings in the bed.
They
probably belonged to the former resident of her $800 Murphy
bed-equipped ]]>Jail Birds - The fastest-growing group of inmates in Oregon: Women. A look inside Coffee Creek.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18696-jail_birds_the_fastest_growing_group_of_inmates_in_oregon_women_a_look_inside_coffee_creek.html
The archetypal prisoner of the last century wore stripes
and carried a ball and chain. In the early part of the 21st century, he
wore an orange jumpsuit.
The typical 2012 inmate may instea]]>A Clean and Safe Battle - A move to replace private patrols with park rangers tests the clout of the Portland Business Alliance. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18515-a_clean_and_safe_battle_a_move_to_replace_private_patrols_with_park_rangers_tests_the_clout_of_the_p.html
The City of Portland is moving to break the longtime hold a
business group has on providing security patrols in downtown parks,
setting up a potential struggle over public safety and big-money
m]]>The Fall of the 420 Hotel - In the final hours of Occupy Portland, there was mud, a riot squad and a speckled rooster. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18215-the_fall_of_the_420_hotel_in_the_final_hours_of_occupy_portland_there_was_mud_a_riot_squad_and_a_spe.html
The final rumor to sweep through the ruins of Occupy Portland inflamed the holdouts in the 420 Hotel.
“They killed a puppy!” screamed a young man with a scraggly goatee and a black Army ja]]>Making Food Deserts Bloom - Tax dollars bring healthy foods to neighborhoods without supermarkets. But can it reduce obesity?http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18633-making_food_deserts_bloom_tax_dollars_bring_healthy_foods_to_neighborhoods_without_supermarkets_but_.html
Muktar Abdow is terribly proud of the refrigerator and
freezer at his African Mini Market on North Killingsworth Street. He
shows them off with a smile and a wave of his hand that’s appropriate ]]>Occupy Central - The Portland movement is instigating the next global protest against corporate power.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18880-occupy_central_the_portland_movement_is_instigating_the_next_global_protest_against_corporate_power.html
Occupy Las Vegas is on the line.

On Feb. 29, its
members will join a national day of protest against corporations...

]]>“G-ing” in the Spotlight - Grant High students speak out about the locker-room assaults.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18816-%E2%80%9Cg_ing%E2%80%9D_in_the_spotlight_grant_high_students_speak_out_about_the_locker_room_assault.html
For the past four weeks, Grant High School in Northeast
Portland has been under a cloud of scrutiny and shame. Four of its
students face criminal investigation for allegedly assaulting two of
th]]>State Champs’ Personal Fouls - Lake Oswego High School won’t say whether members of its 6A titlist football team were disciplined for racist tweets.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18908-state_champs_personal_fouls_lake_oswego_high_school_wont_say_whether_members_of_its_6a_titlist_footb.html
At least six members of Lake Oswego High School’s 6A state
champion football team targeted one of their former teammates...]]>Market of No Choice - PDC looks at a new, high-end grocery downtown, far from where the city needs one most. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18240-market_of_no_choice_pdc_looks_at_a_new_high_end_grocery_downtown_far_from_where_the_city_needs_one_m.html
More than 17,500 people in Portland don’t have easy access to supermarkets or full-service grocery stores—a problem city officials say they want to fix. Many of their neighborho]]>Sugar Fee Soda - A proposed tax on sweetened drinks could raise $35 million for Multnomah County.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18668-sugar_fee_soda_a_proposed_tax_on_sweetened_drinks_could_raise_%2435_million_for_multnomah_county.html
Soda pop, energy drinks and even some juice mixes will get
more expensive in Multnomah County if voters approve a new tax proposal
bound for the November ballot.
As first reported
Jan. 9 at ww]]>